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German Lawmaker to Sue Pegida Movement Over Death Threats

© AFP 2023 / ROBERT MICHAELSupporters of the PEGIDA movement.
Supporters of the PEGIDA movement. - Sputnik International
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The interior policy spokesman of Germany's Green parliamentary faction, Volker Beck, has filed a complaint against anti-Islamization Pegida movement after receiving death threats on the Internet, local media reported Tuesday.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) — According to Berliner Morgenpost, 18 Pegida supporters listed in Beck's compliant have called via Facebook for violence toward him, including death threats.

Protestors wave a German flag in front of the Church of Our Lady during a demonstration of PEGIDA (Patriotic Europeans against the Islamization of the West) in Dresden, eastern Germany - Sputnik International
Up to 8,000 People Attend Pegida Anti-Refugee Rally in Germany's Dresden
Pegida, an acronym for Patriotic Europeans Against the Islamization of the West, began organizing rallies in its home city of Dresden in October 2014, attracting hundreds and later thousands of supporters.

The Pegida group calls for strict immigration rules in Germany.

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